Rory McIlroy has already won it, but the Race To Dubai officially wraps up at the Earth Course in Dubai this weekend. Expect to see Tour officials tweak the format this year so the outcome has a better chance of hinging on this final week..
You may remember Luke Donald had to travel to Florida for the season ending event last year to ensure he edged out Webb Simpson or the PGA Tour money title and in fact he finished 3rd in Dubai to wrap up the European Tour money title.
The Japan and Australasian Tours are in full swing as is the Sunshine Tour in RSA and as always I will provide live scoring links and reports here for them all..
EUROPEAN TOUR
DP World Tour Championship
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth Course (7,675 yards, par 72).
$8 million. 1st place: $1,333,560
Defending champ Alviro Quiros..
Round 4 wrap
europeantour.com Rory McIlroy capped his remarkable 2012 season with victory at the DP World Tour Championship on a dramatic final day at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
The World Number One held off not only World Number Two and playing partner Luke Donald, but also Justin Rose - whose Earth Course record 62 had threatened to spoil the Northern Irishman’s lap of honour after a year in which he has won The Race to Dubai, the US PGA Championship and the money list in America.
McIlroy had found himself two behind as Ryder Cup teammate Rose put the finishing touches to a dazzling ten under par display, the lowest round of his European Tour career by two.
But the 23 year old, tied for the lead with second-ranked Donald overnight, was not to be denied and finished with five closing birdies.
He chipped close on the long 14th, pitched to three feet at the next, made a 20 footer on the 16th and went one ahead with a six foot putt on the short 17th.
Rose had done miraculously well to two-putt the par five last for birdie from around 100 feet, but McIlroy matched it to win by two; shooting 66 for 23 under.
By adding the title to his Race to Dubai crown McIlroy earned himself a combined €1,822,520 to set a new record for a single-season earnings with €5,519,117.
It was his fifth victory during a 2012 which included a second Major title - like the first by eight shots - and the same money list double on both sides of the Atlantic achieved by Donald last year. This season he has finished in the top ten in ten of his 15 tournaments on The European Tour
After finding the water on the last Donald shared third place with South African Charl Schwartzel
for tee times, live scoring click http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012092/teetimes/index.html
PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA
BMW New Zealand Open,
Clearwater Resort,
Christchurch, New Zealand
for live scoring click http://www.bmwnzopen.co.nz/Tournaments/BMWNZOpen/TournamentLeaderboard.aspx
Round 4 wrap
Australian Jake Higginbottom became the first amateur golfer for 56 years to be crowned New Zealand Open champion with his one-shot victory in the BMW-sponsored tournament hosted by Christchurch at Clearwater.
Fellow Australian Harry Berwick achieved that feat also in Christchurch, but at Shirley, in 1956 that win coming two years after left-handed Bob Charles had won his country’s showpiece event as an amateur.
Higginbottom, a 19-year-old from New South Wales, started the final round three shots adrift of Mark Brown, New Zealand’s main hope of ending a drought of nine years since a Kiwi held aloft the winner’s silverware, the Brodie Breeze Trophy.
But his final round five under par 67 was good enough for a one shot win from Australian professionals Jason Norris and Peter Wilson who took home in the $A56,400 each from the event
JAPAN GOLF TOUR
Casio World Open
Kochi Kuroshio Country Club,
Kochi, Japan.
for live scoring click http://www.jgto.org/jgto/WG02060000Init.do?year=2012&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=34&round=3
Round 4 wrap
Jung-Gon Huang 65 70,68, 66 -19 led from start to finish to win by 3 shots at the Casio World Open in Japan.
SUNSHINE TOUR
Lion of Africa Cape Town Open,
Royal Cape Golf Club, Cape Town, South Africa
for live scoring click http://www.sunshinetour.info/tic/tmlsmon.cgi?tourn=CTOP~cardlink=Y~~season=212S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~
Round 3 wrap (round 4 in progress)
South African Mark Williams -8 66,67,75 leads after round 3 by a shot over fellow South African Colin Nel
Gary Player Invitational,
Fairmont Zimbali Country Club,
Zimbali, South Africa.
for live scoring click http://garyplayerinvitational.com/
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